1982 New York Giants season (original) (raw)

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1982 New York Giants season
Owner Wellington Mara
General manager George Young
Head coach Ray Perkins
Home field Giants Stadium
Results
Record 4–5
Division place 10th NFC (would have been 4th in the NFC East)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers LB Lawrence TaylorLB Harry CarsonCB Mark HaynesP Dave Jennings
← 1981 Giants seasons 1983 →

The 1982 New York Giants season was the franchise's 58th season in the National Football League, but was shortened to nine games due to the 1982 NFL Players Strike.

The season saw the Giants attempting to improve on a 9–7 record from 1981, a season in which they had made the playoffs for the first time since 1963 and also clinched their first winning record since 1972. However, the Giants stumbled out the gates early, starting 0–2 before the strike occurred. After the strike ended, the Giants won four of their last seven games, but missed the playoffs because of losing two tiebreakers against the Saints and the Lions (who both ended with identical 4–5 records). The Giants lost the tiebreakers based on best conference record. The Lions went 4–4 against NFC teams, while the Giants and Saints both went 3–5 against NFC teams. The Lions won the tiebreaker over the Saints, thus eliminating the Saints and Giants from playoff contention and putting the Lions into the playoffs as the final wild card spot in the NFC. This was the nineteenth season out of the last twenty that the Giants missed the playoffs.

Round Pick Player Position School
1 18 Butch Woolfolk Running back University of Michigan
2 45 Joe Morris Running back Syracuse University
3 – – – –
4 102 Gerry Raymond Guard Boston College
5 129 Rich Umphrey Center Colorado
6 156 Darrell Nicholson Linebacker North Carolina
7 186 Jeff Wiska Guard Michigan State
8 213 Robert Hubble Tight end Rice
9 240 John Higgins Defensive back UNLV
10 270 Rich Baldinger Tackle Wake Forest
11 – – – –
12 323 Mark Seale Defensive tackle Richmond

1982 New York Giants staff | | Front office President – Wellington Mara General Manager – George Young Director of Pro Personnel – Ernie Adams Head coaches Head Coach – Ray Perkins Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt Offensive Backfield – Bob Lord Receivers – Pat Hodgson Offensive Line – Bill Austin | | | Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Bill Parcells Defensive Line – Lamar Leachman Linebackers – Bill Belichick Defensive Backfield – Fred Glick Special teams coaches Special Teams – Romeo Crennel | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |

1982 New York Giants roster | Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Scott Brunner 8 Mark Reed Running backs (RB) 45 Leon Bright 26 Rob Carpenter 31 Cliff Chatman 27 Larry Heater 21 Butch Woolfolk Wide receivers (WR) 88 Floyd Eddings 83 Earnest Gray 85 John Mistler 86 Johnny Perkins 82 Danny Pittman Tight ends (TE) 81 Tom Mullady 87 Gary Shirk | | Offensive linemen (OL) 67 Billy Ard G 60 Brad Benson T 61 Ernie Hughes C 63 Bruce Kimball G 72 Gordon King T 69 Roy Simmons G 68 J. T. Turner G 59 Rich Umphrey C Defensive linemen (DL) 64 Jim Burt NT 79 Dee Hardison DE 70 Gary Jeter DE 75 George Martin DE 76 Curtis McGriff DE 77 Bill Neill DT 78 Jerome Sally DT | | Linebackers (LB) 53 Harry Carson 57 Byron Hunt 55 Brian Kelley 52 Joe McLaughlin 56 Lawrence Taylor 10 Brad Van Pelt 58 Mike Whittington Defensive backs (DB) 22 Brian Carpenter CB 29 Bill Currier SS 46 Mike Dennis 37 Larry Flowers FS 36 Mark Haynes CB 24 Terry Jackson CB 39 Mike Mayock 28 Beasley Reece SS Special teams 18 Joe Danelo K 13 Dave Jennings P | | Reserve 11 Phil Simms QB (IR) 73 Jeff Weston DT (IR) Rookies in italics | | 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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 September 12 Atlanta Falcons L 14–16 0–1 Giants Stadium 74,286 Recap
2 September 20 Green Bay Packers L 19–27 0–2 Giants Stadium 68,405 Recap
3 — at Pittsburgh Steelers Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
4 — at Dallas Cowboys
5 — St. Louis Cardinals
6 — Cincinnati Bengals
7 — at Philadelphia Eagles Rescheduled to January 2
8 — Dallas Cowboys Cancelled due to the 1982 NFL strike
9 — at Cleveland Browns
10 — at Los Angeles Rams
11 November 21 Washington Redskins L 17–27 0–3 Giants Stadium 70,766 Recap
12 November 25 at Detroit Lions W 13–6 1–3 Pontiac Silverdome 64,348 Recap
13 December 5 Houston Oilers W 17–14 2–3 Giants Stadium 71,184 Recap
14 December 11 Philadelphia Eagles W 23–7 3–3 Giants Stadium 66,053 Recap
15 December 19 at Washington Redskins L 14–15 3–4 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium 50,030 Recap
16 December 26 at St. Louis Cardinals L 21–24 3–5 Busch Stadium 39,824 Recap
17 January 2 at Philadelphia Eagles W 26–24 4–5 Veterans Stadium 55,797 Recap

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Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

NFC East
viewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
Washington Redskins(1) 8 1 0 .889 6–1 8–1 190 128 W4
Dallas Cowboys(2) 6 3 0 .667 2–1 4–2 226 145 L2
St. Louis Cardinals(6) 5 4 0 .556 3–1 5–4 135 170 L1
New York Giants 4 5 0 .444 2–3 3–5 164 160 W1
Philadelphia Eagles 3 6 0 .333 1–5 1–5 191 195 L1
NFCvte
# Team W L T PCT PF PA STK
Seeded postseason qualifiers
1 Washington Redskins 8 1 0 .889 190 128 W4
2 Dallas Cowboys 6 3 0 .667 226 145 L2
3 Green Bay Packers 5 3 1 .611 226 169 L1
4[a] Minnesota Vikings 5 4 0 .556 187 198 W1
5[a] Atlanta Falcons 5 4 0 .556 183 199 L2
6[a] St. Louis Cardinals 5 4 0 .556 135 170 L1
7[a] Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 4 0 .556 158 178 W3
8[b] Detroit Lions 4 5 0 .444 181 176 W1
Did not qualify for the postseason
9[b] New Orleans Saints 4 5 0 .444 129 160 W1
10[b] New York Giants 4 5 0 .444 164 160 W1
11[c] San Francisco 49ers 3 6 0 .333 209 206 L1
12[c] Chicago Bears 3 6 0 .333 141 174 L1
13[c] Philadelphia Eagles 3 6 0 .333 191 195 L1
14 Los Angeles Rams 2 7 0 .222 200 250 W1
Tiebreakers
^ a b c d Minnesota (4–1), Atlanta (4–3), St. Louis (5–4), Tampa Bay (3–3) seeds were determined by best won-lost record in conference games. ^ a b c Detroit finished ahead of New Orleans and the N.Y. Giants based on best conference record (4–4 to Saints’ 3–5 to Giants’ 3–5). ^ a b c San Francisco finished ahead of Chicago, and Chicago finished ahead of Philadelphia, based on conference record (49ers’ 2–3 to Bears’ 2–5 to Eagles’ 1–5).
Game information
First quarter DET – Eddie Murray 46-yard field goal. Lions 3–0. Drive: Second quarter DET – Eddie Murray 44-yard field goal. Lions 6–0. Drive: Third quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 34-yard field goal. Lions 6–3. Drive: NYG – Joe Danelo 40-yard field goal. Tie 6–6. Drive: Fourth quarter NYG – Lawrence Taylor 97-yard interception return (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 13–7. Top passers NYG – Scott Brunner – 12/28, 136 yards, 2 INT DET – Gary Danielson – 12/19, 125 yards, 3 INT Top rushers NYG – Butch Woolfolk – 21 rushes, 87 yards DET – Billy Sims – 26 rushes, 114 yards Top receivers NYG – Johnny Perkins – 5 receptions, 80 yards DET – Mark Nichols – 3 receptions, 49 yards
Game information
First quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 37-yard field goal. Giants 3–0. Drive: PHI – Harold Carmichael 23-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick). Eagles 7–3. Drive: Second quarter NYG – Butch Woolfolk 5-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 10–7. Drive: NYG – Earnest Gray 16-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick). Giants 17–7. Drive: Third quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 34-yard field goal. Giants 20–7. Drive: Fourth quarter NYG – Joe Danelo 29-yard field goal. Giants 23–7. Drive: Top passers PHI – Ron Jaworski – 17/29, 218 yards, TD, INT NYG – Scott Brunner – 17/26, 272 yards, 2 TD Top rushers PHI – Wilbert Montgomery – 7 rushes, 23 yards NYG – Rob Carpenter – 26 rushes, 58 yards Top receivers PHI – Harold Carmichael – 4 receptions, 57 yards, TD NYG – Floyd Eddings – 5 receptions, 148 yards

Ray Perkins last game as Giants head coach

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